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China Top 500 Enterprises Summit Forum Kicks Off Today

Today, 2014 China Top 500 Enterprises Summit Forum is convened in Chongqing, and a number of Top 500 enterprises are gathered in Chongqing. It was learned that this is the second time to organize the forum in Chongqing.
The forum is hosted by China Enterprise Confederation and China Entrepreneurs Association, and its theme is “New prospects for new power: the reform and development of large enterprises under the condition of global economic variation”. It is said that, China Enterprise Confederation will release the lists of 2014 Top 500 Enterprises of China, China’s Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises, Top 500 Service Industries of China and Top 100 Multinational Companies of China. Meanwhile, discussion will be carried out respectively around the themes of “targeting at world-class enterprises”, “moving towards high-end manufacturing”, “transnational acquisition of Chinese enterprises”, “sustainable development of enterprises”, “international operation and management of enterprises” and “internet concept and industry innovation”.
At the press conference released in the afternoon of yesterday, the principal of Forum Organizing Committee stated that, both development size and speed of the top 500 enterprises of China are increased this year and the development gap between global top 500 and China’s top 500 is also narrowed. “But in general, there is a certain gap between the global top 500 and the China’s top 500 in terms of competitive force, brand effect and internationalization, so more efforts are required.”
In 2004, the forum was organized out of Beijing for the first time, and the venue was selected in Chongqing. “The reason why we are choosing Chongqing after 10 years is that Chongqing has had rapid development in recent years. Moreover, it is located in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and there will be an opportunity for a new round of development.” The principal hoped these top 500 enterprises will get more opportunities to develop themselves which would also be a boost to the development of Chongqing.